CNG 96, Lot: 1331. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 2 Tarì (27mm, 5.86 g, 1h). Messina mint; Giuseppe Marulli, mintmaster. Dated 1555. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned eagle standing right with wings displayed; G M below. MIR 293/4; Spahr 253/252 (obv./rev.). VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1627).